Yew Tree cottage, Ovington
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Yew Tree cottage, Ovington
Image: © Peter Facey Taken: 23 Mar 2011
A 17/18th century cottage, formerly used as a Post Office (according to http://www.hants.gov.uk/hampshiretreasures/vol01/page146.html which states it has a tiled roof). It seems that when this building was listed in 1983 it must have been roofed in asbestos-cement slates, see http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1350781 , although postcards from the first half of the 20th century show it to be thatched then. Planning permission for conversion into a single dwelling was granted in 1990. Herbie Whitmore reports that he grew up in this cottage in the 1950s. It was then semi-detached and had a well inside that had to be covered up to prevent him and his brother falling in. His father used to grow watercress nearby.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.082517
Longitude
-1.200768